Conveying and loading apparatus.



- F.L.STUART. n CONVEYING AND LOADING APPARATUS..

APPLICATION FILEDAYPR. 4.- 191s.

Patented Apr. 2,1918.

2 SHEETS-sneer 1 F. L. STUART.

CGNVEYING AND LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATLON FILED APR. 4.1916.

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Z7 1451126125 Lag/5J s w am .s l h w 1 H LEE STUART, 0F BALTIMORE,MARYLAND.

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i specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. wie.

application mea april e, i916. seriali n0. eaeae.

To all 'whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANCIS Linn STUART, a citizen of the United States,residing in Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Conveying and Loading Ap aratus, of which the followingis a'specillication. Y

This invention relates to apparatus for conveying coal, ore Aand othersuch material by means' of conveyer belts to apparatus which receivesthe material so conveyed and delivers it to storage piles, bins, cars,vessels, or other receivers, and the object of the invention is toprovide an apparatus which may be used in connectionwith an ordinaryconveyer belt and which is so constructed that it may receive materialfrom 'such conveyer and carry and delivei` it at any desired elevationor in any desired vertical plane, and which is movable to an requiredplace while still in operative reation with the man'conveyer. v

In carrying out my invention, I employ a main conveyer belt which may besupported Aand operated in any usual way, and I o onnect with this beltan apparatus which is movable -onpa track to deliver at any requiredplace alongside the track. The belt is formed with a looped portion`which is supported on an inclined frame or truss mounted on a trucktraversing the track, the

` belt being reeved in the inclined frame in ysuch manner .that theupper end of the looped portion thereof will always deliver at the sameelevation whatever be the position of the truck on the track. The trucksupports a turn-table on which is erected a frame supporting anoscillating frame to which is secured a ca e having guides in whichtravel the whee s of a delivery conveyer lframe which is movable endwisein the cage and which supports an endless conveyer belt that receivesmaterial from a hopper into which the main conveyer belt dischar es. Thearrangementis such that materia may be delivered continuously from themain conveyer to the delivery conveyer and the latter may have its outerend raised and lowered to any desired extent or turned and extended toany desired vertical plane without interfering with the delivery of thematerial from the hopper. i

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view oconveying andloading apparatus embodying m invention.

Fig. 2 shows' a side elevation t erect,

guided in any suitable way between the rails` of the track B which mayconvey material from any dlstant point and may be driven by any Wellknown mechanism. Thea paratus X, t9 which the main conveyer elivers,comprises a truck C, the wheels c of which traverse the track B, andthis truck is connected, as shown at c', with a trussed frame D which atits outer end is supported by wheels d resting on the track. The frame Dhas an inclined part d extending from the outer end of the frame to theupper portion E thereof, in which is mounted a pulley e over which theconve er belt extends and from the under side o which the belt passes toa guide pulley e and thence to a pulley F over which it passes andv thencontinues in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The truck C supports a turntable G resting on anti-friction devices gand on the turn-table is mounted a frame I-I in which is hung at Ik anoscillating frame K which supports a horizontally arranged cage L forthe delivery conveyer M, which latter comprises la frame/m. and anendless conveyer belt m. f

The main conveyer delivers to a hopper N, mounted on the frame H andfrom the hopper the material -passes by means of a chute or spout m. tothe delivery belt m The chute or spout 'n as shown is separatev from thehopper N and is so constructed that it will always be in proper relationto the belt m to deliver materlal to it, irrespective of the position ofthe belt. rIhe frame H in which is carried the hopper N is extended fromthe truss frame D in such a, manner that the hopper projects over thechute ln, and has no vertical supports except at the end of the trussframe l). By this construction the delivery conveyer m may be swung fromone side of the machine to the other, and the rotation thereof will onlybe limited by the supports of the truss frame D.

The cage L is xed t0 the oscillating frame K and rojects laterall andthe frame is. weighted at t0 counter therefrom l livery apparatus maybemoved in a horibalance the cage and the conveyer carried thereby. lAnysuitable devices may be employed for turning the frame H about itsvertical axis. l have indicated at O a motor which may be operativelyconnected with the turn-table for this purpose. ln like manner theoscillating frame K may be swung to any desired extent by motormechanism P suitably connected therewith.

By the mechanism just described the dezontal plane to any desiredposition and its ldelivery end may be raised or .lowered to any desiredextent. The delivery conveyer frame m is mounted on wheels g traversingguides in the cage L and said frame m may be moved inward and outward inthe cage by suitable motor mechanism Q connected therewith. The deliverconveyer belt m may be driven by suita le mechanism such as a motor R.The organization as a whole is such that the delivery apparatus may beAmoved to any desired position on the main trackB without disturbing therelation of the receiving hopper with the main conveyer belt and thehopper will always deliver properly to. the delivery conveyer, whichlatter. may be extended or lengthened when necessary and its outer endmay be raised and lowered to any desired extent and moved to anyvertical plane on either side of the track. In this way material may bedischarged wherever necessary over piles, in bins, on any part ofgondolas or open cars or the delivery may be effected through the opendoors of box cars and in various parts of such cars so as to eiu'cientlytrim them.

It will be observed that the apparatus is so organized that there is aminimum amount of breakage as the material passes Vgently from the mainconveyer to the delivery conveyer, and the outer end of this deliveryconveyer may be placed close to the point of delivery so as to avoid along fall for the delivered material.

I claim as my invention:

1. rlhe -combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the oint of delivery, a turn-tablethereon, a rame supported on the turn-table, an oscillating framepivotally connected at its upper end with the upper end of said firstmentioned frame, a horizontally arranged cage rigidly connected withsaid oscillating frame and projecting from one side thereof, a deliveryconveyer comprising an endless conveyer belt entirely supported by aframe adapted to be reciprocated in the cage, and a hopper recelvingmaterial from the main conveyer belt and discharging on to the deliveryconveyer.

2. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a amarre oscillating frame, a horizontally arranged cagerigidly connected with the oscillatin frame and projecting from one sidethereo an extensible delivery conveyer carried by a frame reciprocablymounted in the cage, a motor carried by the fram'e'lof said conveyer foroperating it, a hopper receiving material from the main conveyer belt,and a chute supported below the mouth of said hopper and turning withthe turn-table to deliver to the delivery conveyer in its variousadjusted positions.

3. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-tablethereon, a vertical frame supported on the-turntable, an oscillatingframe pivotally supported in the vertical frame and having its greatestradius less than the height of the vertical frame to permit of its beingrocked in the vertical frame, a delivery conveyer projecting from oneside of the oscillating frame, and a hopper receiving material from themain conveyer belt and discharging upon said delivery conveyer.

4. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-tablethereon, avertical frame support- 4ed on the turn-table, an oscillatingframe pivotally supported in the vertical frame and having its greatestradius less than the height of the vertical frame whereby it may befreely rocked in the vertical frame, an extenslble delivery conveyerprojecting from one side of the oscillating frame, and a hopperreceiving material from the main conveyer belt and discharging upon saidextensible delivery conveyer.

5. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-table'thereon, a vertical frame supported on the turn-table, an oscillatingframe pivotally supported in the vertical frame and having its greatestradius less than the height of the vertical frame2 a cage rigidlyconnected with the oscillating frame and projecting from but one sidethereof, a frame carrying an endless delivery belt reciprocably mountedin said cage, and a hopper for receiving material from the main"conveyer belt and discharging onto the delivery conveyer when the latteris in any desired position.

6. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-tablethereon, a vertical trame Support- -ed on the turn-table, an oscillatingframe height of the vertical frame, a cage rigidly supported in theoscillating frame and projecting from but one side thereof, a framecarrying an endless .delivery belt reciprocably mounted in said cage,means on said delivery-belt-carrying frame for driving 'said belt, and ahopper for receiving material from the main conveyer belt anddischarging onto the delivery conveyer when the latter is in any desiredposition.

7. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-table onsaid truck, a vertical frame mounted on said turn-table, a segmentalframe suspended in said vertical frame from an axis about which it isadapted to rotate,

said segmental frame having its greatest radius less than the height ofthe vertical frame, an extensible conveyer carried by said frame andprojecting from but one side thereof, a counterweight on or near theperiphery of the segmental frame to balance the extensible conveyer, anda hopper for receiving material from the main conveyer belt anddischarging to the delivery conveyer.

8. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck, a turn-table on said truck on which is mounted adelivery conveyer, a hopper for receiving material from the mainconveyer belt projecting over and discharging onto said deliveryconveyer, and a support for said hopper adapted to permit of saiddelivery conveyer bein turned from one side of the truck to the ot er.

9. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck, a turn-table on said truck, a delivery conveyermounted on said turn-table, a hopper for receiving material from themain oonveyer and discharging onto the delivery conveyer, a frame forsupporting said hopper over said delivery conveyer, said frame havingvertical supports on but one side.

10. The combination with a main conveyer belt, of a delivery apparatuscomprising a truck movable to the point of delivery, a turn-tablethereon, an oscillating frame supported on the turn-table, an extensibledelivery conveyer carried by the oscillating frame, a hopper receivingmaterial from the main conveyer, a chute beneath ysaid hopper forreceiving material therefrom and discharging onto the delivery conveyer,said chute being adapted to move With the said delivery conveyer anddeliver thereto when the latter is in any desired position. In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANCIS LEE STUART. Witnesses:

E. R. SPARKS, A. H. SGHAEFFER.

